This paper presents a preliminary profile of infant feeding practices in a peri-urban Amazonian community. A random sample of 180 households with at least one child under the age of five years were interviewed in 1996 as part of a maternal-child health survey conducted in a peri-urban neighborhood in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Since some households had more than one child under the age of five, data were collected for a total of 250 children. The results of the survey indicate that initiation of breastfeeding is nearly universal, with 96.0% of women breastfeeding their infants at birth. However, many mothers terminate breastfeeding before the recommended age. Forty-five percent of infants are weaned before six months and 62.0% are weaned bef...
This study aimed to verify the knowledge regarding breastfeeding of infants treated in the maternity...
Orientadores: Rosana de Fátima Possobon, Sérgio Tadeu Martins MarbaTese (doutorado) - Universidade E...
Com o objetivo de conhecer p estabelecimento e duração do aleitamento materno total e exclusivo em c...
This paper presents a preliminary profile of infant feeding practices in a peri-urban Amazonian comm...
This study aimed to investigate the feeding and the factors related to breastfeeding of infants in t...
A amamentação é fundamental para o crescimento e desenvolvimento da criança. No Brasil, a duração me...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children be fed exclusively with breast milk dir...
Estudou-se a prática do aleitamento materno nas mulheres com filhos menores de três anos de idade, n...
OBJETIVOS: descrever e analisar dados de um inquérito realizado em Londrina, Paraná, sobre práticas ...
Introduction: In the issue of breastfeeding, a lot has been investigated, but what seems crucial is ...
Este trabalho tem como objetivo conhecer a duração do aleitamento materno, regime alimentar e fatore...
This work aims to diagnose the standard of breastfeeding and of the use of pacifiers and baby-bottle...
OBJETIVOS: identificar as características - maternas, dos bebês e das maternidades - associadas com ...
In 1977 a survey was carried out in the municipality of Paulínia, State of S. Paulo, with the purpos...
It is known by the entire scientific community the recommendations of the World Health Organization ...
This study aimed to verify the knowledge regarding breastfeeding of infants treated in the maternity...
Orientadores: Rosana de Fátima Possobon, Sérgio Tadeu Martins MarbaTese (doutorado) - Universidade E...
Com o objetivo de conhecer p estabelecimento e duração do aleitamento materno total e exclusivo em c...
This paper presents a preliminary profile of infant feeding practices in a peri-urban Amazonian comm...
This study aimed to investigate the feeding and the factors related to breastfeeding of infants in t...
A amamentação é fundamental para o crescimento e desenvolvimento da criança. No Brasil, a duração me...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that children be fed exclusively with breast milk dir...
Estudou-se a prática do aleitamento materno nas mulheres com filhos menores de três anos de idade, n...
OBJETIVOS: descrever e analisar dados de um inquérito realizado em Londrina, Paraná, sobre práticas ...
Introduction: In the issue of breastfeeding, a lot has been investigated, but what seems crucial is ...
Este trabalho tem como objetivo conhecer a duração do aleitamento materno, regime alimentar e fatore...
This work aims to diagnose the standard of breastfeeding and of the use of pacifiers and baby-bottle...
OBJETIVOS: identificar as características - maternas, dos bebês e das maternidades - associadas com ...
In 1977 a survey was carried out in the municipality of Paulínia, State of S. Paulo, with the purpos...
It is known by the entire scientific community the recommendations of the World Health Organization ...
This study aimed to verify the knowledge regarding breastfeeding of infants treated in the maternity...
Orientadores: Rosana de Fátima Possobon, Sérgio Tadeu Martins MarbaTese (doutorado) - Universidade E...
Com o objetivo de conhecer p estabelecimento e duração do aleitamento materno total e exclusivo em c...